The Knickerbocker, 1892 PDF Download

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ISBN: 9780483257405
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Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Excerpt from The Knickerbocker, 1892: Or New-York Monthly Magazine My last letter describes the state of things as they then existed, but it did not convey an adequate idea of the savage character of the population Indian, half-breed, and white - by which I have been surrounded for several weeks. Ferocious however as were some of these people, there was no danger so long as there was no fear. Such persons are generally as cowardly as they are blood-thirsty. It is unusual for Indian treaties' to pass off with so little dis turbance. At the treaty of Chicago in 1833 there were seven or eight murders committed; and the Indian agent is not unfrequently the first victim. On this occasion however order has been pre served by the strict police maintained by the military force, and the prohibition of the use of ardent spirits. But after all, our situa tion might have been made uncomfortable. There have been at least one thousand warriors on the island, and several hundred half breeds, not a whit less savage or treacherous. We had a force of only a hundred andfil'ty men, and were at least one hundred miles from any other white settlement. The odds in case of would have been rather against us. But there has been culty; and the angry passions always engendered on such occa sions have been attended with no serious consequences as yet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.